Kate Gosselin labeled her son Collin “mentally ill” in a social media comment addressing his ongoing claims of abuse.
Kate took to TikTok Tuesday to share a daily update on her rescue dog, Koda. In the comments thread, a follower referencing Collin’s ongoing accusations wrote that her “heart is with” the reality TV star, as she empathizes with being “constantly disparaged and lied about” by an “adult child with a skewed version of their childhood.”
“Thank you! YOU understand,” Kate, 51, replied in the thread. “Sadly, only parents who have a mentally ill child understand!”
Kate went on, writing that it’s “so tough” and saying she’s “learning that [people] have NO ability to understand unless they’ve been through it themselves.”
A day prior, another follower wrote that the comments “have to be filtered,” to which Kate wrote, “Yep! No hate or ridiculous accusations! We speak honestly and accurately and are a positive uplifting group here!”
Reps for Collin and Kate were not immediately available to Page Six for comment Tuesday.
Kate’s interactions with her followers coincide with the impending release of Collin’s upcoming bombshell memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight,” which he promised earlier this month via social media would expose “the shocking facade of his picture-perfect family.”
Since then, the 22-year-old has shaded his famous mother a number of times — including re-sharing The Post’s social media content about the book on Saturday, with the headline, “Kate Gosselin ‘spiraling’ ahead of estranged son Collin’s bombshell memoir: ‘She knows it’s about to hit the fan.’”
On Tuesday, he again took to Instagram Stories to call out the TLC star, writing, “Never forget the fact that my mom would write in her diary how she ‘had to pray to God to stop hitting me’ (this was while I was 2 years old by the way).”
He added, teasing the book’s October release, “And this is why using my voice to put these things in the light is so important.”
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In another social media comment on Monday, Kate told a follower she wouldn’t be taking Collin up on his October 2025 challenge to take a lie detector test — over his allegations she kept him locked in the basement with zip-tied wrists and ankles.
“If you are 100% certain that the accusations against you are lies, my suggestion would be to take him to court and sue him for defamation!” one person wrote, to which Kate responded, “I can’t bc I’m a public figure. Rules are different unfortunately. Or I def would!”
The comment referred to Collin’s interview with the US Sun last year, during which he issued the open invitation, telling the outlet he wanted them to “both [be] hooked up to lie detectors.”
“For me, I have nothing to hide, I want to ask her these questions,” he said at the time.
Kate — who is said to be “spiraling” amid the book’s impending release — has denied the claims, and sister Madelyn has previously counter-accused her brother of “physical violence and hate speech.”
Collin has been estranged from his sextuplet siblings — Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah — and 25-year-old twin sisters, Cara and Madelyn, for years.
Following Kate’s divorce from ex-husband and “Jon & Kate Plus 8” co-star Jon Gosselin in 2009, the majority of the famous Gosselin children seemingly sided with their mother.
Collin and sextuplet sister Hannah, meanwhile, lived with their father since 2018 — although Hannah has reportedly made efforts to repair her relationship with her mother in the years since.
Last August, Collin composed a heartfelt message to his siblings via TikTok, claiming they were “forced apart” by the circumstances.
“Born to be a team, us against the world…” he wrote atop a throwback photo of him and his seven siblings.
“Forced to do it alone, and wonder every day what our lives could’ve looked like,” he added.
If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
